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Police Arrest Suspects In Terror Sweep (Al-Qaida in Europe)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | Nov 7, 2007 | News Services

Posted on 11/07/2007 9:45:58 AM PST by RDTF

A Europe-wide sweep disrupted an Islamic cell that was recruiting potential suicide bombers for attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan, Italian police said, announcing the arrests of 20 terror suspects.

Police said the suspects, mostly Tunisians, were arrested across Europe as part of the sweep against a cell based in the northern Italian region of Lombardy. Police said they found al-Qaida manuals for making explosives, detonation devices and poisons, as well as instructions on guerrilla techniques.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: europe; globaljihad; gwot; italy; jihad; lomboardy; tunisians

1 posted on 11/07/2007 9:46:00 AM PST by RDTF
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To: Cindy

check it out


2 posted on 11/07/2007 9:46:23 AM PST by RDTF ("Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear". Mark Twain)
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To: RDTF

Police... In Terror Sweep

Makes it sound like it’s the police who are the terrorists.


3 posted on 11/07/2007 10:11:30 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: RDTF

If this is an Interpol thing, and given that Iran is a member of Interpol, does Iran get a heads-up of this kind of operation?


4 posted on 11/07/2007 10:14:25 AM PST by C210N
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To: RDTF

It looks like Al Qaida has run out of fools - suicide bombers - in Iraq and Afghanistan and are now in Europe looking to fill their pool of fools.


5 posted on 11/07/2007 10:23:24 AM PST by caisson71
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To: RDTF
Oh, so now they want to send Tunisians in to stir up trouble?

Give it up, al Qaeda scum.

You've lost.

Good job, Europe. Keep up the great work.

6 posted on 11/07/2007 10:45:55 AM PST by Allegra (Greetings from a kinder, gentler Iraq. God bless US and Coalition Forces.)
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To: RDTF

Yes, thank you RDTF, I’ve been following this.


7 posted on 11/07/2007 1:23:48 PM PST by Cindy
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